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Increasing Poverty
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Women received less benefit than men and young people less than adults. Some areas were hit harder than others by the Depression.
In towns that depended on a single industry, the impact was far worse than in towns with a more diverse economy.
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Impact on Women
In some ways, women workers weathered the effects of the Depression bette than their male counterparts.
The female proportion of the total workforce increased during the Depression years. Nevertheless, the onset of depression and the dismissal of many millions of workers from their jobs reignited the debate about whether married women should continue to be employed when males were out of work.
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PROVERNACE:
Middle class Journalist so she wouldn't really grasp the true affects of unemployment and the effects it had on women.
The campaign waged by right-wing parties against the employment of so-called 'double-earners' achieved some success in May 1932 when a law was passed allowing married women civil servants to be dismissed.
Although the extent of the law was limited to central government employees and women could only be dismissed if it could be proved that their
economic circumstances were secure, this was nevertheless an important symbolic victory for those who believed that a married woman should not be employed outside the home.
After the law was passed, the Reich Postal Service dismissed about 1000 married women from its employment. The cause of equal rights for women, therefore, suffered a serious setback during
the Depression.